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About
About Me:
I am the Founder of Peace River K9 Search and Rescue. We are adding drones to help us locate autistic children who wander.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Building a X8 as a aerial platform to find lost persons in SAR.
Hometown:
Englewood
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"thanks --that answers a lot of questions I had!"
"thank you--thanks makes sense!"
Does someone know and can share what the difference is between the Altitude settings in Mission Planner for Relative, Absolute and Terrain. I know that the Terrain is for those planes equipped for terrain following, but what about the other 2…
"I would like one!"
"Awesome stuff--thank you for doing this--one question--do you have a camera recommendation?"
"We stopped launching in auto mode since we had some misfires on the catapult. When the wind would blow and move the plane the GPS would think it was launching and the X8 would try to fly from the launcher. However we did have several successful…"
"Did you launch from the catapult in auto mode??"
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this is where I bought my 2 X-8's--they had great service!"
this is where I bought my 2 X-8's--they had great service!"
"Not really--we have 2 for that purpose and although we made it work--it would not be my first choice. The wings are very flexible and that makes for a LOT of blurred pictures. Windy days--FORGET IT!!"
"Level on all axis as the plane would fly in flight--straight and level. When the APM powers up it will use your current location for home and also use the orientation the plane is in at start up as a normal. I use stabilize for the second flight…"
"I had similar troubles so please check to make sure your elevon mixing is correct on the ground before you put it in flight. Also when you power up your system make sure the plane is level on the ground until the red/blue lights stop blinking...then…"
